As of this minute i have finally finished one of my last assignments for my current music course. Although it has given me several hours of clutching my head in annoyance, it is nice to see the finished project. I won't bore you with the in depth details of what we had to do but it basically involved us rearranging the famous piece Blue Bossa for a string quartet.
Popping 6 pages worth of notation into a polypocket got me thinking back through my entire time as a music student. Overall 2 years worth of musical study has entirely changed my opinion on music and the music industry. Mainly it has opened my eyes to the pure dirtiness of music as a business. Especially today, with the way technology has warped our minds to expect artists to produce album after album of quality songs on a monthly basis.
In the 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's, the production of pieces of music was an art in itself whereas now it can a job for any office monkey who knows how to start up Logic Pro. The time frame from the original song idea to it being on the shelves, shiny, packed and ready to be bought, has shrunk immensely, so much so, effectively a song could be written in the morning then being sold the next morning. I think as a society we have become greedy in the respects of constantly wanting new music. Surely part of the appreciation of an artist and their music comes in the anticipation of awaiting their next release? With the pace at which things are expected to move in the music industry, artists are picked up and dropped within the blink of an eye. Music shouldn't be like a pie making factory, musical ideas should be allowed to mature like fine wine and only be uncorked when they are perfect.
Some olden timer once said Patience is a Virtue, Lets make music this way again.
à bientôt!
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